Pillars of Fire In My Soul

The result is that no external action of this Devotion generates any of the results promised by Jesus unless the action expresses trust and is carried out with trust. For example, if one says the Chaplet of Divine Mercy without trust, he or she will not receive in return any of the blessings Jesus promised to one’s reciting the Chaplet with trust. Likewise, if the veneration given to the Image of Divine Mercy does not spring from an actual worship of Mercy, Jesus will not grant any of the graces attendant to the veneration of the Image, for to honor Divine Mercy implies turning to Him with an act of trust. Because the veneration of Mercy is the same as trust, Jesus could direct this call and warn- ing to all: “If souls do not honor My Mercy, they will perish for all ages” (Diary §965). The necessity of trust is indispensable not only for personal salvation, but also for the propitious devel- opment and peace of all mankind: “Mankind will have no peace, until it turns with trust to My Mercy” (Diary §300). For the same reason, trust alone in Mercy, without any of the concrete acts of devotion as revealed through Sister Helen Faustina, assures achievement of all normal effects of the Devotion as we read in revelation 35: “Whoever trusts My Mercy will not perish, for all his affairs are Mine” (Diary §723). “All” refers not only to salvation and sanctification, but also to temporal prosperity and fortune. Jesus says the same thing in different words in revelation 56: “A soul which trusts in My Mercy is the most fortunate, for I personally care for it” (Diary §1273). In revelation 66 we are assured that “no soul which called upon My Mercy was ever disappointed, nor ever put to shame” (Diary §1541). However, for the attain- ment of the extraordinary graces attached by Jesus to some of the devotional acts, it is an indispensable necessity to per- form the acts. For example: Whoever desires to experience complete remission of all sins and punishment, must receive Holy Communion on the Feast of Mercy, that is, the first Sunday of Easter. Essential Features of the Devotion to The Divine Mercy 103